British Member of Parliament (MP) Jo Cox died after a middle aged man shot her on the street in Birstall, located near Leeds.

The police arrested Thomas Mair, 52. Some eyewitnesses said he yelled “Britain first!” when he shot her, but others dispute the claim. Some in Britain have pushed the country to leave the European Union.

The question is, are we getting to the point where we can reliably identify dangerous crazy? If so, are we willing to 1) assume responsibility to care for the dangerously mentally ill, and 2) capable of safeguarding our civil liberties?

To control risk, one must reduce the probability of an event or reduce the impact of the event. The probability cannot be made zero. The only alternative is to reduce the impact and the best way to do that is to be armed. While that too is no guarantee, one no longer has to either predict where an event will occur or punish the innocent. Because of the fact that what is called type I and type II errors will always exist, the more you reduce the probability the more you harm the innocent.

First let my say that my thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends. I am glad the person has been caught and can now face some sort of justice.

Now, here is a perfect example of why gun control laws don’t work.
Hint, criminals and crazies don’t obey laws, much less gun laws. What will be interesting here is how he got the gun in the first place.